Creativity Books

New and Published Books

1. Creative Problem Solving for Managers

   Developing Skills for Decision Making and Innovation, 3rd Edition

   By Tony Proctor

   The regularity with which the term 'solutions' is used in management speak suggests that management is largely about problem solving. To suggest that thinking creatively is a useful skill in solving a problem may be stating the obvious, but experience tells us that under pressure, managers tend to...

   Published December 20th 2009 by Routledge
2. The Routledge Companion to Creativity

   Edited by Tudor Rickards, Mark A. Runco, Susan Moger

   Series: Routledge Companions in Business, Management and Accounting

   Creativity can be as difficult to define as it is to achieve. This is a complex and compelling area of study and this volume is perfectly poised to explore how creativity can be better understood, and used, in a range of contexts. The book not only centres on creativity in wider organizational...

   Published November 19th 2008 by Routledge
3. Social Influence and Creativity

   A Special Issue of Social Influence

   Edited by Marlene Turner

   Series: Special Issues of Social Influence

   How do social influences affect such outcomes as creativity, innovation, originality, and inventiveness? While major advances have been made, many questions regarding the impact of contextual and social factors on creativity and innovation remain. This collection examines a rich array of...

   Published November 18th 2008 by Psychology Press
4. Musical Creativity

   Multidisciplinary Research in Theory and Practice

   Edited by Irène Deliège, Geraint A. Wiggins

   This collection initiates a resolutely interdisciplinary research dynamic specifically concerning musical creativity. Creativity is one of the most challenging issues currently facing scientific psychology and its study has been relatively rare in the cognitive sciences, especially in...

   Published June 28th 2006 by Psychology Press
5. Neuropsychology of Art

   Neurological, Cognitive and Evolutionary Perspectives

   By Dahlia W. Zaidel

   Series: Brain, Behaviour and Cognition

   The significance of art in human existence has long been a source of puzzlement, fascination, and mystery. In Neuropsychology of Art, Dahlia W. Zaidel explores the brain regions and neuronal systems that support artistic creativity, talent, and appreciation.Both the visual and musical arts are...

   Published October 19th 2005 by Psychology Press
6. Creativity and the Brain

   By Kenneth M. Heilman

   In Creativity and the Brain, Kenneth Heilman explores the possible brain mechanisms which underlie creativity, by reviewing the existing evidence and putting forward new ideas. On the way, he discusses the relationships between creativity and intelligence, brain anatomy, neuropharmacology,...

   Published April 25th 2005 by Psychology Press
7. The Creative Mind

   Myths and Mechanisms, 2nd Edition

   By Margaret A. Boden

   How is it possible to think new thoughts? What is creativity and can science explain it? And just how did Coleridge dream up the creatures of The Ancient Mariner? When The Creative Mind: Myths and Mechanisms was first published, Margaret A. Boden's bold and provocative exploration of creativity...

   Published September 17th 2003 by Routledge
8. Adaption-Innovation

   In the Context of Diversity and Change

   By M.J. Kirton

   Adaption-Innovation is a timely and comprehensive text written for anyone who wants to know more about dealing with problem solving, thinking style, creativity and team dynamics. In an age when teams have become critical to successful problem solving, Adaption-Innovation (A-I) theory is...

   Published July 23rd 2003 by Routledge
9. Understanding Child Development

   By Sara Meadows

   This highly readable text provides an exceptionally clear overview of the whole field of child development, from birth to adolescence. the 2-12 age range is strongly emphasised. All the main areas of child development are fully covered: * perception and understanding* cognitive skills* play and...

   Published July 23rd 1986 by Routledge